Though the film is inspired mainly from Uchû senkan Yamato (1974), there are many similarities to Saraba uchû senkan Yamato: Ai no senshitachi (1978): The Yamato crew encounters a benevolent female presence in a cave who assists them.Saito and Sanada perish in a battle to cover Kodai's escape (Saito providing cover fire with double rifles, and Sanada setting bombs).Tokugawa dies in the engine room from an attack on the Yamato.On the brink of victory, the Yamato is confronted by a titanic current enemy ship.Susumu Kodai gets all surviving crew off the Yamato and in a kamikaze attack, runs the Yamato into the enemy ship.

In the Uchû senkan Yamato (1974) series, Yuki Mori was the only female crew member on the Yamato. Because of this, two of the male characters in Uchû senkan Yamato (1974) (Aihara and Doctor Sado) were revised to appear as female officers in this film.

A U.S. version is available now in a DVD/Blu Ray combo pack. It is subtitled only. There will not be an English dub (or any other dub) of the film due to terms contained in lead actor Takuya Kimura's contract, which specifies that he cannot be dubbed by another actor.